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Springfield Township Police have issued a warning to motorists they say are speeding down local roads to get around a Richlandtown Pike bridge closure: Slow down, or risk being ticketed.
The Hellertown Police Department announced Wednesday that applicants are now being sought for the position of school crossing guard.
Tuesday was a day of digging out and cleaning up in Hellertown and communities all across the Lehigh Valley, after a powerful Nor’easter dumped as much as 36 inches of snow on the area over a 48-hour period. And for some, the work isn’t over yet.
The snow began to fall around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. By 5 p.m. Monday there was nearly a foot-and-a-half on the ground in Hellertown and it was still falling–heavily–with meteorologists warning that it could continue to come down all night.
A technological advancement that has been used by some police forces as well as by other professions for years is coming to a local police department later this month.
What should have been a fairly quiet after-Christmas weekend on Saucon Valley roads ended up being anything but that thanks to two separate incidents that forced first responders out into the cold.
The likelihood that a major winter storm will strike eastern Pennsylvania Wednesday prompted borough officials in Hellertown to declare a snow emergency, which will take effect at 7 a.m. Dec. 16 and remain in force until further notice.
Due to modeling which now has Pennsylvania on a collision course with an explosion of new coronavirus cases next month, Gov. Tom Wolf Monday announced new restrictions which he and health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said will help slow the disease’s spread.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s office continues to ask the public for assistance with its investigation into the death of a young man at Nockamixon State Park late last month.
Constitution Drive in Allentown and Salisbury Township is a long, desolate stretch of wooded, partly unpaved road that lies next to the Lehigh River and railroad tracks. It has a reputation for being haunted.
Lower Saucon Township Police Chief Tom Barndt delivered a warning to motorists who think road signs don’t apply to them last week: “Do not move or drive around ‘Road Closed’ signs.”
